Executive order · Signed October 8, 2001
Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
President George W. Bush signed it on October 8, 2001. Published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2001, 66 FR 51812.
Executive Order 13228
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- Amends Executive Order 12656
Later orders that revoke or amend this one
- Amended by Executive Order 13284, Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland SecuritySigned January 23, 2003
- Amended by Executive Order 13286, Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland SecuritySigned February 28, 2003
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The Federal Register's notes on this order:
- Amends: EO 12656, November 18, 1988;;
- ; Amended by: EO 13284, January 23, 2003; EO 13286, February 28, 2003;;
- ; See: EO 13231, October 16, 2001; EO 13257, February 13, 2002